Infrastructure & Operations Technical Assistant to the SVP

Eli Lilly and Company • Indianapolis, IN

7d • Onsite

About The Position

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world. Associate — Infrastructure & Operations Technical Assistant to the SVP You’ll work with and report directly to Krishna Jagannathan, SVP of Infrastructure & Operations, as a technical operations and administration lead. The I&O team is the engine room of Tech@Lilly — delivering the systems, platforms, networks, and support that every Lilly employee depends on to do their best work every day. Your mix of work will be split roughly 50/50 between project-based work and executive assistant responsibilities, with opportunities to grow both over time. This is a rare opportunity to work at the center of a global technology organization, with direct visibility into how decisions get made at the most senior levels of Tech@Lilly.

Requirements

• A high degree of energy, integrity, and initiative — thinking ahead to set your business partner and the team up for success.
• Strong communication skills and willingness to ask questions, take on ambiguous projects, and iterate.
• Someone others always know they can trust with sensitive information and high-stakes situations.
• Bachelor’s degree (in a technology/STEM-related field) with a minimum of 2 years of working experience in a matrix organization post-degree.
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1

Nice To Haves

• Creative skills, such as making presentations and producing videos.

Responsibilities

• Create informational, engaging, and visually appealing presentations for town halls, operational dashboards, portfolio tracking, and all-hands meetings.
• Lead the way as a champion for simplifying and automating work where possible, including being a leading adopter of AI in your daily work (e.g., piloting new technology or customizing existing solutions to meet needs).
• Responsible for scheduling lead team meeting topics and keeping time in meetings.
• Establishing and managing a collaboration and knowledge management practice for the I&O lead team and extended leadership team to ensure connected and integrated project designs and decision making.
• Embrace partnerships across Human Resources, Enterprise Communications, Finance, and other business units at Lilly.
• Responsible for tracking actual spend for the lead team budget and providing updates to the Finance team.
• Demonstrate strong writing skills and be skilled at providing feedback on confidential executive documents.
• Show strong attention to detail in scheduling and can maintain complex calendars.
• Proactively establish strong working relationships with others at Lilly to maximize schedule coordination.
• Be privy to confidential information across the company and across many levels, and must uphold the highest standard of integrity and honesty. Confidentiality and trustworthiness are critical traits.
• Proficient in and potentially responsible for performing additional scheduling duties to support peers across the Tech@Lilly lead team and Infrastructure & Operations organization. This may also include personally directing local activities and special functions.
• Support the I&O SVP for their travel including: domestic and international travel, coordination with the CIDO office for important events, lead team travel events, and supporting scheduling for international visitors of the I&O SVP.
• Serve as a leader and coordinator of the administrative team supporting Digital Core, ensuring tight alignment, communication, and collaboration.
• May provide ad hoc support to the CIDO’s office as needed, including serving as a backup to the CIDO’s EA during planned or unplanned absences.

Benefits

• Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).
• Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees